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As Chris Christie touts progress after Superstorm Sandy, hecklers voice outrage

Christie was a few moments into a speech at Jimbo's Bar in Seaside Heights when about dozen people stood up on their chairs holding up signs and shouting him down.

 

Growth debate left unresolved by mixed report on U.S. economy

The fastest U.S. growth in two years failed to resolve a debate from the Federal Reserve board room to the presidential campaign trail about whether the world’s largest economy is emerging from an extended funk.

 

Plunging solar equipment prices fuel trade complaints

Use of solar power is soaring, but Europe’s biggest solar panel manufacturer, SolarWorld, took the surprise step last month of cutting 500 jobs from its workforce of 3,000.

 

Jury begins deliberating in firebombing trial for Lodi

Deliberations are expected to continue until 4p.m. and will likely pick up Monday at morning if no verdict is reached today.

 

Montclair board considers pop-ups and policy to fill vacant stores

The municipal Planning Board weighs short-term and long-term plans to discourage vacant storefronts along Bloomfield Avenue.

 

Police: Gun confiscated during Paterson drug bust

City narcotics detectives seized a .380-caliber Ruger handgun during a drug bust on Godwin Avenue in the 4th Ward on Wednesday, according to police director Jerry Speziale.

 

Wanaque BOE, teachers quibble over benefits, salary increases

It's now been 16 months since the Wanaque Borough Education Association (WBEA) had an employment contract with the Board of Education, but the two sides appear to be no closer to resolving their differences.

 

FBI director says additional Clinton emails to be reviewed

In the letter explaining his decision, Comey said "the FBI cannot yet assess" whether the information is "significant" nor could he offer a timetable for how long it will take investigators to make an assessment.

 

Passaic lawyer sentenced in mortgage fraud

Four-year term in scheme to steal $800,000

 

Supreme Court will rule on transgender rights

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up the controversial issue of transgender rights, instantly transforming what had loomed as a holding-pattern term with only eight justices into one featuring another major social policy issue.

 

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